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The Greene County Farmer’s Market will be held every Tuesday, through September 25th. Hours will be from 4 pm to 6:30 pm. The markets will be held on the east side of the Greene County Courthouse. Vendors will be selling local produce, baked goods and protein. Plus their will be local organizations serving fundraiser meals as well. On occasion there will be musical entertainment too.

The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will hold Farmland Leasing Meetings on Thursday, August 16th, from 9:00 am to Noon, at the Warren Cultural Center Auditorium in Greenfield. A variety of topics will be presented by Farm Management Specialist Steve Johnson. Call 641/743-8412 or E-Mail krohrig@iastate.edu to pre-register by August 14th. Cost is $20 per person or $30 per couple.

The annual Linden Daze celebration will be held on Friday and Saturday August 17th and 18th. There will be a Parade, A Car and Bike Show, A Talent Show, A Slow Pitch Softball Tournament, and a Street Dance, along with events and activities throughout the day on Saturday. For more information, call Wendy Lemke at 712/542-7321 or Judy Hutchins at 641/744-2041.

The Perry Freedom Center will be hosting a free breakfast for the community on August 18, from 8:00-10:00 a.m. This event will give middle and high school students the opportunity to gain soft-job skills through preparing and serving the meal. Donations will be accepted, and students have an opportunity to earn a portion of these proceeds. For more information, call Diana Yepez at 641/750-2019

There will be a ice cream social and movie night at the Minburn United Methodist Church on Saturday, August 18th. It starts at 5:30 pm with the ice cream social. The menu will include: beef burgers, hot dogs, beans, chips, desserts and homemade ice cream. The movie, “I Can Only Imagine”, will start at 7 pm.

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James Exline was sentenced Monday morning in Greene County District County to a maximum of 75 years in state prison for sexually abusing his daughter.

District Court Judge James Drew started the proceeding by denying Exline’s defense attorney Daniel Gonnerman’s motion for a new trial. Gonnerman had asked that several testimonies from the June 7th trial be stricken from the record and inadmissible, due to some of them being “hearsay.” However, Judge Drew used the “weight of evidence” standard and found there was sufficient weight to support the jury’s guilty conviction of Exline’s Class B Felony charge for second degree sexual abuse and a Class C Felony for third degree sexual abuse. He abused his 12-year-old daughter Paige Exline from June 2016 to April 2017. She was also one of two victims that died in a house fire in Guthrie Center in May of 2017.

During the sentencing phase hearing, the prosecution, led by Assistant State Attorney General Denise Timmins, had recommended that the two sentences of the felony charges run consecutively, while Gonnerman argued for them to run concurrently. Judge Drew considered all of the factors and determined that Exline was extremely dangerous and that what he did to his daughter wasn’t an isolated incident, but it happened over a period of time, and he had prior convictions.

Exline was sentenced to the maximum of 50 years for the Class B Felony and 25 years for the Class C Felony, with both to run consecutively. The State requires a minimum of 85-percent of the sentence to be served before Exline is eligible for parole. He was also ordered to pay over $1,000 in fines, surcharges and court costs.

Assistant Greene County Attorney Thomas Laehn, who sat second chair for the prosecution, talks about his reaction once the sentencing was handed out.

“I think justice was served in this case. I think that’s the appropriate sentence, given the seriousness of the crime. And given the circumstances of this case, a 75 year prison sentence is the appropriate sentence.”

Laehn anticipates Exline to appeal the ruling, and he intends to work with the State Attorney General’s office on that process when and if it happens.